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Default Southern Creamy Butter Beans

On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 19:34:48 -0800 (PST), "
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>On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 9:13:35 PM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> They're all lima beans... there are several colors of lima beans...
>> butter beans is a US southern colloquialism; like pancakes, hotcakes,
>> flapjacks are all the same thing... like sub, hero, grinder are all
>> the same thing.
>>
>>

>True, true. But I sure was expecting those beans to be green!


I've even seen calico lima beans, white with cranberry speckles... the
cranberry color disappears when cooked.
http://www.reimerseeds.com/giant-calico-lima-beans.aspx
http://www.monticelloshop.org/600561.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-calico-beans.htm